Laoag City welcomes new city jail warden

By Dominic B. dela Cruz

Staff reporter

Laoag City—New Laoag City Jail warden J/Sr. Insp. Jerry Palalay hit the ground running in his new post.

Mr. Palalay was the Batac City Jail warden prior to this transfer to the capital of Ilocos Norte. Erstwhile Laoag jail warden J/Sr. Insp. Herminigildo Rivera was transferred to the Batac jail.

The warden exchange, Mr. Palalay explained is the norm in the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology as both he and Mr. Rivera have both been “overstaying” in their former posts.

Immediately upon assuming office at the Laoag jail, Mr. Palalay implemented several projects which he had also done with the Batac jail. Among these are vegetable gardening, dragon fruit growing and mushroom production.

Mr. Palalay stressed that the Laoag jail inmates will learn mushroom production and this would later become their source of income once they are set free.

The new warden also tasked the city jail personnel to clear drainage canals of the facility.

As for his future plans, he said he will create divisions between male and female cells to give female inmates more privacy.

Mr. Palalay also requested an electric generator from the Laoag government. He disclosed that the city jail was plunged into total darkness when the almost 12-hout power outage hit the city on July 17. He emphasized that candles are very dangerous and may start a fire at the facility.

A prior request for a generator was already submitted, Mr. Palalay said and he is only “reiterating the same request.” He added that he was already told to make a formal follow up request to Laoag Mayor Chevylle V. Fariñas about the request.

The Laoag jail houses 142 inmates as of July 14, 2014. Of the total, 123 are males and 19 are females.

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